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Family Proceedings: Legal Representation

Commons · Question 97039 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of delays in the family courts caused by litigants in person on (a) one and (b) both sides of a case.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 10 Dec 2025

The Government does not record the number of litigants who were unable to present their case properly due to lack of representation. The Ministry of Justice publish official statistics includes legal representation data in the following: Family_Court_Tabl...